Allagadda Mandal

Allagadda Mandal, with population of about 79 thousand is Kurnool district's the 10th most populous sub district, located in Kurnool district of the state Andhra Pradesh in India. There are 20 villages in the sub district, among them Allagadda is the most populous village with population of about 30 thousand and Palasagaram is the least populous village with population of 228. Peddachintakunta is the biggest village in the sub district with an area of 30 km2 and Palasagaram is the smallest with 2 km2.

Demographics

The sub district is home to about 79 thousand people, among them about 40 thousand (50%) are male and about 39 thousand (50%) are female. 77% of the whole population are from general caste, 19% are from schedule caste and 4% are schedule tribes. Child (aged under 6 years) population of Allagadda mandal is 11%, among them 52% are boys and 48% are girls. There are about 19 thousand households in the sub district and an average 4 persons live in every family.

Religion wise distribution of population

Hindus contribute 79% of the total population and are the largest religious community in the sub district followed by Muslims which contribute 19% of the total population and Not Stateds are the third largest religious community here with 2% population.. Female Sex ratio per 1000 male in Hindus are 988 in Muslims are 1013 and in Not Stateds are 1107.

Growth of population

Population of the sub district has increased by 10.5% in last 10 years. In 2001 census total population here were about 72 thousand. Female population growth rate of the sub district is 11.4% which is 1.7% higher than male population growth rate of 9.7%. General caste population has increased by 10.9%; Schedule caste population has increased by 6.9%; Schedule Tribe population has increased by 24.4% and child population has decreased by -9.6% in the sub district since last census.

Sex Ratio - Females per 1000 Male

As of 2011 census there are 995 females per 1000 male in the sub district. Sex ratio in general caste is 998, in schedule caste is 990 and in schedule tribe is 947. There are 921 girls under 6 years of age per 1000 boys of the same age in the sub district. Overall sex ratio in the sub district has increased by 15 females per 1000 male during the years from 2001 to 2011. Child sex ratio here has decreased by 24 girls per 1000 boys during the same time.

Literacy

Total about 44 thousand people in the sub district are literate, among them about 26 thousand are male and about 18 thousand are female. Literacy rate (children under 6 are excluded) of Allagadda is 62%. 73% of male and 52% of female population are literate here. Overall literacy rate in the sub district has increased by 7%. Male literacy has gone up by 5% and female literacy rate has gone up by 11%.

Workers profile

Allagadda has 52% (about 41 thousand) population engaged in either main or marginal works. 59% male and 46% female population are working population. 52% of total male population are main (full time) workers and 6% are marginal (part time) workers. For women 36% of total female population are main and 10% are marginal workers.